The guys follow a listener suggestion into the world of a martial-arts-master-turned-movie-star and his vintage guitar collection.

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SHOW NOTES:

2009 Seagal and Billy Gibbons hangout: https://www.vintageguitar.com/3813/albert-kings-flying-vs/

History Channel documentary clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2MUzYR_2eM

Grunge.com piece on Seagal’s guitars: https://www.grunge.com/249001/what-you-should-know-about-steven-seagals-amazing-guitar-collection/

Looper.com article: https://www.looper.com/29030/untold-truth-steven-seagal

Message board chatter: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/steven-seagals-guitar-collection.1840945/

Seagal’s Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal

The Estonia article: https://filmindustry.network/steven-seagals-music-career-nosedives-estonia/25418

Albert King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_King

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/albert-king-617/

Phil Hartman album covers: https://www.fastcompany.com/3044107/8-album-covers-designed-by-legendary-comedian-phil-hartman

Steve Cropper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper

Dan Erlewine: https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-resources/reference/about-dan-erlewines-new-repair-videos.html

The guys take on a listener letter and end up exploring the world of album art: it’s origins, a married couple who created a ton of it, and how the iconic 1984 album cover came to be.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Margo interview about 1984: https://www.coverourtracks.com/single-post/2016/06/27/margo-nahas-on-her-iconic-cover-for-van-halens-1984

The Music Is My Life podcast episode with Jay and Margo: https://musicismylife.libsyn.com/058-margo-nahas-and-jay-vigon

2017 profile: https://dsmmagazine.com/2017/06/27/double-time/

Mainframe Studios: mainframestudios.org/blog/in-the-news-mainframe-artists-jay-vigon-and-margo-nahas-experience-a-surge-in-local-fame/

Alex Steinweiss book: https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/music/all/45495/facts.alex_steinweiss_the_inventor_of_the_modern_album_cover.htm

Illustration Chronicle piece on Alex Steinweiss: https://illustrationchronicles.com/Alex-Steinweiss-and-the-World-s-First-Record-Cover

Vanity Fair piece on Sticky Fingers: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/the-man-who-made-the-most-notorious-album-art-of-1971

The guys celebrate a new Offspring album by examining rockers throughout history who did more college than drugs.

SHOW NOTES:

Dexter gets his degree: https://variety.com/2017/music/news/the-offspring-dexter-holland-phd-molecular-biology-1202424779/

Dexter’s actual dissertation: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll40/id/364391/rec/1

Rock stars w advanced degrees: https://www.master-degree-online.com/top-10-rock-stars-with-advanced-degrees/

Murdock examines the excess of that one tour in the ’70’s where ZZ Top recreated Texas – with mixed results.

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SHOW NOTES:

Johnny Black piece on the 1976 tour: https://www.loudersound.com/features/fly-on-the-wall-29-may-1976-zz-top-take-texas-on-the-road

Bill Ham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham

Ralph Fisher… on FACEBOOK? https://www.facebook.com/661809653877877/posts/see-ralph-fisher-in-the-new-zztop-documentary-zztop-that-little-ole-band-from-te/2740586606000161/

Crazy stage shows: https://www.redbull.com/bg-bg/over-the-top-stage-shows-music

PFunk Mothership: https://youtu.be/uQFGkGk4PSc?t=547

Flying Lotus stage show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbuQuvoc0YE

Songs in the show:

Kenny Rogers – We’ve Got Tonight & Daytime Friends

Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me

ZZ Top – La Grange, Rough Boy, Got Me Under Pressure

Brian breaks down TWO rumors about Mamas and the Papa’s voice Mama Cass: Did a ham sandwich kill her? – AND – Did she die in the same place as another major musical legend?

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SHOW NOTES:

Mamas and the Papas Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_%26_the_Papas

Mama Cass Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot

Gavin Edwards book excerpt: https://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-14/keith-moon-mama-cass/

Lovin’ Spoonful- Summer in the City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rts7Qdew3HE

Psych (theme song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyR-tE0siwY

Trailer for “The Rainbow” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkD3wG60bMQ

Harry Nilsson Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

The Point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

Me and My Arrow TV special clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ey8s8EALU

Oak Ridge Boys – Trying to Love Two Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBdGHJ0–so

Keith Moon and Led Zep: youtube.com/watch?v=GyM6-QibDFM

Keith Moon on the Smothers Brothers show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0G0oCt_aCc

Dance Gavin Dance cover of “Semi-Charmed Life”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELK8ZOlqoCw

The guys answer a listener letter asking for the history on “backmasking” – recording messages backwards on rock n roll records meant to be played forwards. Get ready to go deep on The Beatles, Led Zep and even that annoying Napoleon XIV track.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Eligibles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oTsFlwwzQ

Napoleon XIV backwards – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbvcEkuFFI

Tomorrow Never Knows – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNbHn3i9S4

The Snowblind controversy – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowblind_(Styx_song)

The amazing anti-Led Zep televangelist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uANJR1qRg&t=35s

Backmasked messages list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backmasked_messages

Paul is Dead story: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-is-dead-conspiracy-897189/

The phenomenon of Pareidolia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#:~:text=Pareidolia%20(%2F%CB%8Cp%C3%A6ri,Moon%20or%20the%20Moon%20Rabbit.

Spotify playlist with songs with backwards messages:

In an addendum to Episode 34, the guys go ALL the way back to the BEGINNING of sampling to uncover the origin story of possibly the MOST sampled song in music history – “Amen Brother.”

SHOW NOTES:

The Winstons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winstons

The drum break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UltDBPW0w

The full song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrWhCbZAyY

BBC interview from 2015: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32087287

Nate Harrison’s documentary Can I Get an Amen? – https://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

Brian tackles the tale of Iron Butterfly and their replacement bass player, Phillip Taylor Kramer – a rocker turned scientist who quit showing up.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Philip_Taylor_Kramer

The WaPo long read from 1995: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/10/06/far-out/e7bfbaa7-8f9a-4cec-88dc-45d6d2d03f3d/

The Unsolved Mysteries episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_amjG-naxU

The 1999 story: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-31-me-42784-story.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/iron-butterfly-philip-taylor-kramer-found-dead/

The guys answer a listener letter asking if the Beastie Boys were involved in causing the crackdown on sampling in rap music.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00152816.html

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.55725/title.russell-simmons-addresses-beastie-boys-def-jam-fallout-i-just-wasnt-mature-enough#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%27s_Boutique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_O%27Sullivan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Upright_Music,_Ltd._v._Warner_Bros._Records_Inc.

I Hate Myself and Want to Die by Tom Reynolds: https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Myself-Want-Die-Depressing/dp/140130835X

Biz Markie – “Alone Again” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebqNsNRBtU

The guys mashup and freak out over the similarities between two big hits from two big 80’s hitmakers. Plus – that time Phil Collins played on both Live Aid stages, got lampooned on South Park and thought he was at the Battle of the Alamo in another life…

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SHOW NOTES:

The DJ TBT Mash Up – https://www.mixcloud.com/djtbt/prince-vs-phil-collins-1999-vs-sussudio-mixed-by-dj-tbt/

Phil Collins in Hook – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnNmVjkBVVU

Phil Collins parody on South Park – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V672NDj4iYo

The Buster trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbIIaUg4SjA&t=47s